Portugal's biggest attraction in this tournament, the
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In the final battle of the year, the 37-year-old
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Recent performances have begun to slip, and this will probably be the last time to represent Portugal in a major tournament.
Portugal have already struggled to get into the WC this time around, having to rely on the play-offs to get a place, but they've returned to form in 2022 and are now pretty much on an even keel.
forward line
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Leading the way, flanked by
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of Bernardo Silva, and
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Rafael Leão, who can play as a winger and a striker, is tall and fast, and is growing rapidly, but is not yet a world-class player. Bernardo Silva is a winger who is more of a midfielder, and is a versatile player in front of the goal. Diogo Jota is out of the World Cup due to injury. Diogo Jota is a very good runner in front of the field, and is able to disrupt the opponents to a great extent. Losing him will have an impact on Portugal's attacking power, while the other striker, André Silva, and the youngster, João Félix, will probably be on the field this time.
In the midfield section Portugal this time brought in players who are mainly passing midfielders with high technical ball control.
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's Bruno Fernandes is the primary attacking midfielder, then
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Wolverhampton Wanderers' Rúben Neves, Grand Paris' Vitinha, Porto's Otávio, and Benfica's João Mário are all midfielders who can control the ball, and the defensive engineers are mainly dependent on William Carvalho. It is likely that Portugal will play an all-passing formation this time around, and utilize their midfielders to come up and score, as Portugal's striker's scoring ability is actually low, and a lot of the time it is the midfielders or defenders who come up and score. The midfielders or defenders will be the ones to score the points.
Portugal's defense has the superb 39-year-old Pepe, with the
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Rúben Dias is a solid combination, but Danilo Pereira and Rúben Dias were used before, but Danilo Pereira is obviously not as solid as Pepe, so this time, Coach Santos chose Pepe, and this time, it's surely Pepe's last battle.
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João Cancelo, who can control the midfield from the back, and Nuno Mendes, a youngster from Paris, who has great breaking power and speed and has looked more stable in the middle of the field this season.
Overall speaking, Portugal's front line originally scoring power is not strong, less Jota should be more inclined to play control of the ball, want to score depends entirely on the midfield to give or not to give, the back line on the side of the back line strength is good, but the center back has Pepe age is too big a problem, Danilo's defense is still there are loopholes, this year's Portugal can only be said to be ordinary, in order to move forward, they have to play to let everyone be amazed at their performance to be able to do so.
